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bsdA long finish on a fine wine that lingers. Or a bond established that lasts for generations.And tastes;the sweet taste of revenge,the powerfull taste of success.Whatever it is,if its good we like it to last.Have a good one; h

(-as an introduction to the post above,a week consists of seven days pretty much wherever one goes.As it culminates many people will have a glass of wine .After the weekend we invite you to tell us which wine it was..)

Harry J wrote:bsdA long finish on a fine wine that lingers. Or a bond established that lasts for generations.And tastes;the sweet taste of revenge,the powerfull taste of success.Whatever it is,if its good we like it to last.Have a good one; h

Assuming Harry's approval .... Sundown on Friday marks the onset of the Shabbat (Sabbath) and indeed it is traditional for many Jews (in American terms, orthodox, conservative, reform or other) to raise a glass of wine. Some will say a blessing over that wine, others will use this as a way to remind themselves of their Jewishness and yet others in order to keep alive memories and traditions. A rather pleasing habit, one of wine's varied cultured, civilized and civilizing traits.

As to this thread, which has been posted by Harry every week for quite a few years now, all are warmly welcome and there is no need whatever to be Jewish in order to participate.

I am currently cooking one of the main dishes of this evening, which is cold green tea noodles (a derivative of Korean Soh-myun [noodles] according to my mother) in an anchovy/kelp? soup base and a couple other mystery dishes that my friend has prepared to bring over. The wines that will be accompanying the dinner are Carmel Appellation, Upper Galilee, Viognier, 2007 and the GHW Yarden Merlot, 2003 (first time tasting?).

Planned for Shabbat lunch are some vegatarian(?) dishes and salads by my flatmate who will be moving out in within a week and a half, and to accompany his beer the initial Kiddush blessing might be said over the brand new Tabor Pninim/Pearls, 2007, and then I will present another cooled bottle of the Yatir Shani Rosé, 2005 and a special treat for my roommate being the Dalton Reserve CS, 2004, as he hates Rosé and white wines…

Best wishes and Shabbat Shalom and a safe and restful weekend to all!E.Y.

At the moment (18:45) sipping the 2001 Blanc de Blancs of the Golan Heights Winery, that accompanied by nothing but my pleasure. With dinner later on to an as yet undecided Italian red. I am currently leaning strongly towards a bottle of Antinori's 1997 Brunello. Decisions, decisions!!!

For Friday night we had the Carmel single vineyard, cabernet sauvignon, kerem zarit 2003. It is much better then the one from the Kayouni vineyard.After the first glass we put it in the decanter and it got better after 3 hours, for me it was the best wine for Carmel that I had until now It is also nice that it is only 13.5% Alco and it is not take over the taste of the wine like some other wines (GHW 14.5%...). Cheers for low alco wine!

As I posted earlier in the old forum, Friday night we had a family dinner in the wine room of a well known Tel-Aviv restaurant.The wine was Golan Heights Wineries, CS Yarden 2001 for as a starter, of which we enjoyed two bottles.The serving from the second bottle hit me on the nose with a burst of fresh black fruits.

Then, with the main course, which was steak or duck for the majority of the wine drinkers around the table, we had the CS Yarden 1997.Much more mature than the 2001, but still showing quality in color, smell and taste. The bottles in question were kept in the same fridge at 12 degrees for the last 8 years.

I had to pass on a baby Grouper as the main course and had the Sirloin steak to better match the wine.

Hi, tried the Benhaim cabernet 2002 & enjoyed very much.After opening up discovered a full bodied wine with tastes of stewed plums with oak nuances.hDaniel can you post the TN for this & for the BEhaim merlot 2002?Thanks.

Following are my most recent tasting notes for the two wines in question. Be sure to note the tasting dates as they relate to the drinking windows and you will note that I now consider both of these wines well past their peak. I just added a post on this topic. Please see viewtopic.php?f=29&t=17092

Friday eve we enjoyed a 2002 Carmel Limited.. Surprised to see that Rogov has shortened the outside drinking window from 2012 to 2010 . For me this wine has reached its peak only in the past 8-12 months . Now full bodied , concentrated fruits , long and plesant chocolaty finish.For the shabbos lunch meal it was a Borgo Reale chianti 2006. Surprisingly full bodied wine with simple but subtle fruits , minimal finish .. Decent wine for the price point.

friday night i opened a Chteau Labegorce Margaux 2000 very nice wine this time a bit more quite on the palate then what i remember. still loved it.day i opened a Baron... Rothschild 2003 much better then previus vintages but still needes a bit of polishing . nice wine.a wonderfull week to allMenach

Friday night we had the Segal's, Merom Galil, Syrah, 2005. I was skeptical to begin with about trying this wine, but I needed a not-so-expensive Syrah for cooking, and at 50 NIS with with the appellation "Syrah" on the label, this fit the bill. Suffice it to say that it filled those latter needs nicely.On Saturday which felt like a dry sauna outside we fell back on the Tabor, Adama, Rosé, 2007. After having tasted the Rosé wines of this vintage from Recanati, Galil Mountain, Dalton, Asif, Segal's, Benhaim, Tzora, I get the most enjoyment from that of Tabor. It is difficult to taste the Tabor blind versus the Recanati (the thin 500ml Tabor bottle versus the stout, almost decanter-like 750ml Recanati), but as I mentioned in the wine festival thread, the Recanati loses some fruit at the expense of the vegetal varietal characteristics of Cabernet Franc while somehow the Tabor remains fruity through and through.

Friday Nite we drank a Galil Mountain Merlot. Very easy to drink and a nice way to Start Shabbat.

Saturday for Lunch we had guests who wanted to try a shiraz or a Petite Sirah so we opened and finished off both a Recanati Reserve Shiraz and Recanati Reserve Petite Sirah - Zinfandel. They had not yet tried either wine and really enjoyed them.